BALBIR SINGH ALIAS BEERA vs STATE OF PUNJAB

CRM-M-27955-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 232 CRM-M-27955-2026 Date of decision :21.05.2026 Date of uploading:22.05.2026 Balbir Singh Alias Beera ………….Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …….Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUMEET GOEL Present: Mr. Prateek Pandit, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Hemant Aggarwal, DAG, Punjab. --- SUMEET GOEL, J. (ORAL) 1. Present 3rd petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.171 dated 26.06.2024, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 22 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (for short ‘NDPS Act’) at Police Station Kotwali Kaputhala District Kapurthala. 2. The gravamen of the FIR in question is that the petitioner was found in conscious possession of 110 grams of intoxicant powder, which was found to contain the salt Alprazolam. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is in custody since 26.06.2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act have not been complied with, and th